Jonathan Dawson - BA (Hons) Politics and French, MA International Relations, M Phil, Economics Jonathan Dawson is a sustainability educator and activist. He has spent much of the last 20 years involved in development work in Africa and South Asia, as a researcher, author, project manager and consultant, working primarily in the field of small enterprise and community economic development. Currently Jonathan lives at the Findhorn Community where he teaches on several programmes and courses. He is Executive Secretary of the Global Ecovillage Network for Europe, in which capacity he is heavily involved in writing, representational and networking activities.

David McNamara - MS Psychology, PhD Psychology David's primary interest in life is the exploration of the nature and development of consciousness and self-awareness, which tend to fall in the realm that the world calls spiritual or psychological. He has studied with various teachers and explored a variety of paths, from Buddhism to Jungian Psychology, from Christian spirituality to shamanism, and is committed to bringing the results of this kind of self-awareness into the creation of a more sustainable, meaningful, and compassionate world. Professionally David has chosen training and practice in clinical psychology to support kids, teens, and their families in both healing trauma and bringing these values of compassion and greater possibilities into their lives. David lives at Findhorn, having returned to the community after a 20 year exploration.

Deborah Jay-Lewin - Diploma in Drama and Movement in Therapy, Accredited teacher with Gabrielle Roths' Moving Centre, New York, ITEC Diploma Holistic Massage, Deborah been working with a variety of client groups using a range of creative medium, for the last 17 years. This includes working with people with special needs, womens' groups and as an organisational consultant. Deborah's speciality is in working with movement and dance. She has been involved in an educational capacity with the Findhorn Foundation Community since 1990 where she lives with her husband and two children in an ecological strawbale house. Deborah is a guest teacher for the Moving Centre UK and in 2005 began further training with Gabrielle Roth in the 'Heartbeat' material - studying and working with emotional expression through dance.

Gill Emslie - Diploma (M.A. equiv.) in Process Oriented Psychology, School of Process Oriented Psychology Portland, OR, and London UK; Certificate in Holotropic Breathwork, School of Holotropic Breathwork, CA Gill has extensive experience as an international trainer and facilitator, drawing on her training in transpersonal psychology, as a consultant to organizations and communities, and as a psychotherapist, to deliver trainings in group dynamics and conflict facilitation, social design, personal development, staff training, supervision, and developing the relationship between individual purpose and its application in the workplace and the world. Gill currently works within the corporate and voluntary sectors both in Europe and Latin America as well as teaching in a variety of educational programmes.